Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-02-04
M'GLYNN'S REPLY.
1EE sTArEMEsT OF THE REVEREND
DOCTOR MADE PuRLlc.
he Denies that He Ever Recognised the
Error Of BIS Ways, but that he
Reaffirmcd His Doctrine
and Explained 1t.
n1 telegraph to The pi.pa,-h |

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bishop Corrigan. Regarding, however,
the letter from Cardinal Simeoni of four
years ago, Dr. McGlynn says: alt is
absolutely false, although stated by
Archbishop COrrigan on the au-
thoriiy of Cardinal McCloskey, that
] recognized my errors and professed
70 be sorry for them. On the contrary.
in my interview with Cardinal McClos-
key / reaflrmed the doctrine and ex-
| planned il and defended it from misun-
derstanding and misapWehensio Is. /
voluntarily promised TO abstain from
making Land-League speeches, not be-
cause ! acknowledged the right of any
one TO forbid me, but because l knew
too well the power Of my ecclesiastical
superiors TO impair and almost destroy
my usefulnessin the ministry of Christ 8
Church, to which had consecrated my
life
III reference TO another letter from
Cardinal Simeoni. dated May, 1888,
DR.. McGlynn wrote Cardinal McClos-
key, saying: 81 regret very much that
the Cardinal Project has found a new
cause for displeasure in the report in
some Boston journal. The meeting
must have been that held in New York
in February last, which was not a Land
League meeting, such as / had volun-
tarily promised you not to attend,
but was for the relief of people
suffering from famine in Ireland,
and was held by the union of Irish
county societies under the name of the
Irish Confederation Of America | find
in the JOuynal an account of the send
ing of the money raised at that meet
ing, with a letter to Bishop Nulty
showing how it was used to relieve dis
tress in Ireland. / enclose this article,
and / beg You to consider it part
of this letter. In speaking for the
relief of distress / alluded to the
injustice which is the cause of
it, and urged the duty of redressing
such injustice. In this / thought / was
but favoring that demand for Justice to
Ireland which was made by O'Connell
and the bishops and priests of Ire
land, and by many of our own,
especially Archbishop Hughes, and
which has been, / think, as com
monplace as st. Patrick 's-days SER
mons. / shall henceforth refuse to
take part in any such meeting, even
though it be for charitable objects. To
satisfy the apparent desire of the Car
dinal Project 1 shall cause TO be pub
iishcd in the CdthOiic JOurnnl n state
ment that will show that / condemn
any reports or Interpretation OF my
words contrary 10 the doctrines OF the
Catholic Church"
The following additional extracts
nom the statement indicate its tone
and tenor. DIR. McGlynn says: 81
would state that among those who de-
nounced me to Rome for my Land
League speecheswere Bishops Gilmour,
of Cleveland, and Chattard, of In
diGnapolis; the former the au-
thor and the latter the apologist of
the famous, OF Infamous, Cincinnati
pastoral letter, which was in a great
measure a deliberate thesis against
Thomas Jefiersons Declaration Of In
dependence. Other bishops, as OPP
portunity offered, did not fail to mani
fest their intolerance. > p
1.-The only political gathering that l
can remembered which spoke, shortly
before the date of. Archbishop CORR
CANS letter of August DIST, was the
great labor demonstration on July 9TH
in Union Square in favor of Gladstone
and Parnell during the parliamentary
election. | confess it did not occur TO
me that any one would at that late date
hold me bound by voluntary promise
l had made three or four years before,
since Rome itself had been forced to
change its attitude toward the Irish
question, and since even Archbishop
Coriigan had at last deemed it polite
no longer to oppose the movement in
aid of the land of his parents"
The following is the letter complete
in reply to the summons from Rome,
and which has been said to be incom-
plete as published by Archbishop Cor
dgau:
lost Reverend and Dear Archbishop
/ find that | shall not be able to 20 10
Rome. There are several personal rea-
sons, any one of which must be sufi-
cient. | have had reason TO feel con-
cerned about my health for some time,
and my physician orders me not to
undertake the journey. Here follow
other reasons. You have not told me
why / am summoned to Rome, but ] |
can gather from your telegram to the |
Ifi6oRe newspaper that it is because ] |
an an advocate of certain doctrines |
about the ownership of land. This |
can gather also from your
letter to Inc just before you procured |
the telegram from Rome. You said in
hat letter that the result would have
been more satisfactory if in my card to
he TiibVnf / had retracted the latter
portion OF the 1FiJ1mc's report, in
which / had been made TO re-
firm said doctrines about land.
As / cannot go to Rome to
1--WE an account of my doctrine about
and. would say that [ have made it
lear i'll speeches, in reported inter
,ieWs, and in published articles, and
fIttl IL utlt. i IilFt luNbAi, uul |
hall continue to teach in speeches
md writings as long as l live, that
and is rightfully the property of
he people in common, and that
private ownership of land is against
natural justice, no matter by what civil
II ecclesiastical laws it may be sanction
d, and would bring about instantly,
/ could, such change of laws all the
World over as would confscate private
in land without one penny of
to miscalled owners.
DR.. McGlynn continues as follows
The letter of Cardinal Simeoni, which
he Archbishop describes as a most
kind and conciliatory one" mingles
nth some fiattery severe reproaches for
~ former utterances for the Land
league and for my public adhesion to
he doctrines of Henry George-doc-
rines which | know have never been
nd cannot he condemned by the Holy
zee in its highest utterance as the
upreme tribunal for the decision
{ doctrinal questions and yet before
could have reasonably been expected
} start for Rome | am censured for de-
~, and am practically told that my
lee is already Dreiudpod in Rome. as |